On Wednesday, we set set out for our long trek to Canburra.
We started out having lunch at McDonalds - so that Geoffrey could play in the play place. We at lunch, again, at McD's for the play place, and finally made it to Corryong, where we spent the night.
It was neat watching all of the changing landscapes out the windows - from rolling green farmlands, to tree lined forests, to the grassy footlands of the hills and mountains. We saw lots of sheep and cows and really pretty birds.
Corryong was 1500 feet. It was a small town, with two hotels. We stayed at the Corryong country inn. Our room had a double bed and three twins, and Gary and Blake's had a double and a twin.
When we first got to town, after checking in, we walked to the park so Geoff could play for the last 30 minutes or so of daylight. Grant and Gary checked out the information building. We then took a walk down to one of the restaurants - which was located much farther than we thought, and then ended up walking back to the other one in town because Gary said it was better. Dinner was hard tonight - it took over 45 minutes to get our food, by which time Geoffrey was so tired and frustrated that he wouldn't even touch his food.
Back at the hotel, Blake, Gary, and I went out to look at the stars, in particular, the southern cross, which you can only see in the southern hemisphere. Then we relaxed in the hotel - enjoying the fact that our room had a bath tub!!!
The next day, we finished our drive to Camburra. We drove through the mountains to a ski resort called Thredbo and had lunch. The weather was nice, (despite all the skiing on the mountain) and we spent about an hour playing on the playground while Gary and Grant made some phone calls. (Incidentally, I didn't feel great this day, probably a combo of the pregnancy and the mountain driving - I feel very fortunate that I've mostly felt pretty well pregnancy-wise on this trip!)
We reached our hotel - the Novotel in Canburra at around 5:30. Geoff was happy to play with some blocks they had in the lobby for kids, and a bellman came by with a box of toys and let Geoffrey pick one- he picked a stuffed panda. After settling into our rooms (right next door to each other) we headed out to dinner - Sammy's - a Chinese restaurant a few blocks away. The food was DELICIOUS - even Geoff at a ton of it - and the food came out quickly. The bill - not so much.
After dinner, we went to - get this - a chocolate restaurant for dessert. Gary got an ice cream martini, which was basically a sundae, Blake got hot chocolate and a chocolate plate sampler, and Grant and I got a chocolate sampler for two that came with two drinks as well - I got a chai hot chocolate and Grant got an iced chocolate that came with espresso, icecream, chocolate shavings and chocolate sauce. Geoff loved the ice cream that came with ours, and the mousse was heavenly!
After that, Grant and Blake went to watch Harry Potter in 3d (they said the seats were huge and comfortable, assigned, by the way, and the popcorn and soda were reasonable. We have noticed that places that have an admission - like the movies or Sovereign Hill, for example, don't jack up the prices because you are stuck inside like, say DIsneyland or other such places at home. Which is nice because things are super expensive here. Sodas are $3.50 - 4.00 (for a bottle, no refills), most entrees for dinner are around $15 - $30. Candy bars cost $1.50 - $3.00. Everything costs twice as much as you'd think it would. (And of course, in the first time in forever, the American DOllar is weaker here!)
Anyways, Gary, Geoff and I headed back to the hotel and settled in for the night!
We started out having lunch at McDonalds - so that Geoffrey could play in the play place. We at lunch, again, at McD's for the play place, and finally made it to Corryong, where we spent the night.
It was neat watching all of the changing landscapes out the windows - from rolling green farmlands, to tree lined forests, to the grassy footlands of the hills and mountains. We saw lots of sheep and cows and really pretty birds.
Corryong was 1500 feet. It was a small town, with two hotels. We stayed at the Corryong country inn. Our room had a double bed and three twins, and Gary and Blake's had a double and a twin.
When we first got to town, after checking in, we walked to the park so Geoff could play for the last 30 minutes or so of daylight. Grant and Gary checked out the information building. We then took a walk down to one of the restaurants - which was located much farther than we thought, and then ended up walking back to the other one in town because Gary said it was better. Dinner was hard tonight - it took over 45 minutes to get our food, by which time Geoffrey was so tired and frustrated that he wouldn't even touch his food.
Back at the hotel, Blake, Gary, and I went out to look at the stars, in particular, the southern cross, which you can only see in the southern hemisphere. Then we relaxed in the hotel - enjoying the fact that our room had a bath tub!!!
The next day, we finished our drive to Camburra. We drove through the mountains to a ski resort called Thredbo and had lunch. The weather was nice, (despite all the skiing on the mountain) and we spent about an hour playing on the playground while Gary and Grant made some phone calls. (Incidentally, I didn't feel great this day, probably a combo of the pregnancy and the mountain driving - I feel very fortunate that I've mostly felt pretty well pregnancy-wise on this trip!)
We reached our hotel - the Novotel in Canburra at around 5:30. Geoff was happy to play with some blocks they had in the lobby for kids, and a bellman came by with a box of toys and let Geoffrey pick one- he picked a stuffed panda. After settling into our rooms (right next door to each other) we headed out to dinner - Sammy's - a Chinese restaurant a few blocks away. The food was DELICIOUS - even Geoff at a ton of it - and the food came out quickly. The bill - not so much.
After dinner, we went to - get this - a chocolate restaurant for dessert. Gary got an ice cream martini, which was basically a sundae, Blake got hot chocolate and a chocolate plate sampler, and Grant and I got a chocolate sampler for two that came with two drinks as well - I got a chai hot chocolate and Grant got an iced chocolate that came with espresso, icecream, chocolate shavings and chocolate sauce. Geoff loved the ice cream that came with ours, and the mousse was heavenly!
After that, Grant and Blake went to watch Harry Potter in 3d (they said the seats were huge and comfortable, assigned, by the way, and the popcorn and soda were reasonable. We have noticed that places that have an admission - like the movies or Sovereign Hill, for example, don't jack up the prices because you are stuck inside like, say DIsneyland or other such places at home. Which is nice because things are super expensive here. Sodas are $3.50 - 4.00 (for a bottle, no refills), most entrees for dinner are around $15 - $30. Candy bars cost $1.50 - $3.00. Everything costs twice as much as you'd think it would. (And of course, in the first time in forever, the American DOllar is weaker here!)
Anyways, Gary, Geoff and I headed back to the hotel and settled in for the night!
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